#Metallica Pop!Vinyls from Funko for August 2017 Release

FUNKO PRESS: "One of the most influential rock bands of all time is now joining the Funko family! This series of Pop! music includes all four members of the legendary band Metallica! Add James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo to your collection this Summer. Coming in August!"

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Hopefully it’ll reach Singapore before February, for when Guns N' Roses’ “NOT IN THIS LIFETIME TOUR” hits our shores … for fans like me who might not afford tickets, can at least snag some toys? I swear, even as I type these, “Welcome To The Jungle” is on loop in my mindscape hahahaha

And becoz this is a “music”-blog, here are some of my personal faves! And maybe you’ll like’s too?

“Blue Monday” by Los Angeles-based HEALTH (www.youwillloveeachother.com) as heard from the latest Red Band trailer for ATOMIC BLONDE (starring Charlize Theron), with this incarnation of New Order’s 1983 synth-techno-tune all HOUSE’d up with all the frills-n-thrills of the EDM-Generation! Hey, I'm not knocking it, as I've heard it three times in a row with the volume UP!

Here are the OG versions to help you relive the “good old days” nevertheless - Cheers :)

"10 years after the Death Note murders, six Death Notes fall to the human world. Two people inherit the DNA of Light Yagami and L, and a deadly new game of cat-and-mouse begins..." (Read up more of the movie on #PopcornX!)

A trio of tunes, starting with Selena Gomez’s cover of Yazoo’s “Only You”, as heard in the new Netflix series “13 Reasons Why”, and as well a semi-obscure cover by The Flying Pickets, for your audio-enjoyment this Tuesday afternoon. And check out this #flashback80s’ blogpost for a short documentary of YAZOO!

In anticipation of their new album release, “Humanz” - out April 28 (Pre-order / stream), Gorillaz unleashes a quartet of tracks from said album, one of which is a full-on music video titled “Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)” - (Experience the 360º view HERE #onTOYSREVIL) - along with “Art Track(s)” titled “Andromeda”, “Ascension” and “We've Got The Power”.

“Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)” feats the vocals of Jamaican dance hall artist, Popcaan. "Andromeda" features the American rapper D.R.A.M., “Ascension" features American rapper Vince Staples, and Jehnny Beth of the English rock band “Savages” is heard on “We've Got the Power" (Info).

Another round of remixes (adding to the previous selection) of tracks first revealed in late-March, with original tracks are taken from the new album “Humanz”, out April 28 (Pre-order / stream here: http://gorill.az/humanz) - in anticipation of the April 21st launch of the #HUMANZHOUSEPARTY (*Find out more HERE #onTOYSREVIL).

“Local-Singaporean band Tokyo Square's Within You'll Remain has to be one of the most enduring (if not endearing) local songs of the 80's - and as prolific as a local pop-song, and I would dare say even "iconic", IMHO. Admittedly, we never really gave it it's due and respect back then, most times belittling it because it had used oriental/chinese songs/tunes as influences. We labeled it "obiang" or "or-bit" (ie: backward and tasteless) because of that musical-mashup.

And as the butt of jokes it's popularity maintain at the lips of most folks ... which thinking back, was as "powerful" as any promotional marketing campaign could attain. And decades later I’m having a hard time to track down any tangible information about Max Surin and Tokyo Square on the www.” (First blogged circa 2007 / Read more of my impressions on #flashback80s).

"Within You'll Remain" was a song written by Donald Ashley for his Hong Kong ban…